birmingham365.org | Viewing and Discussion of the The Long Walk Home: Presented by Birmingham Public Library at North Avondale Branch Library (BPL) March 27, 2013: The film The Long Walk Home, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek, will be viewed and discussed.

Discus, My Sister

birmingham365.org | Viewing of Standing on my Sisters' Shoulders Presented by Birmingham Public Library at Titusville Branch Library (BPL): March 7, 2013. The award-winning documentary Standing on my Sisters' Shoulders looks at the civil rights movement in Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s, from the view of courageous women who lived it.

The Vulcan overlooking Birmingham, Alabama. This was fascinating - I believe the largest cast iron statue in the world. Created for the 1904 World's Fair. His torch burns green when no traffic fatalities for 24 hours - red when there are. Worth seeing.

Alabama's Birmingham Civil Rights Institute chronicles our nation's civil rights history and puts the '50s and '60s in a context that today's children can understand. (From: Photos: Your Picks for 15 Places Every Kid Should See)

Skyline of Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, England; one of the UK's major industrial cities. Many, if not most, of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry. Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama.